I have been painfully inconsistent with my “monthly” caption contest posts and for that I apologize. However, I have made the ultimate commitment to remembering this important monthly occurrence - I have placed a sticky note on the border of my computer monitor. No, seriously - look:

This is not the picture for the caption contest.

So now you can rest assured I will remember to do a caption contest each and every month. Probably. I possibly, probably will remember. I’ll try really hard. Anyways, on to today’s contest. In the comments section, post your best caption to the picture below. This contest will run from when this post goes up until 9 a.m. Mountain Time tomorrow (12/21/2012). If the world ends, you will get nothing. Here’s the picture:

In a futile attempt to allow his pet owls to control his computer with their thoughts using the MakeyMakey, he accidentally created a race of hyper-intelligent cyborg owls destined to take over the world.

“That’s when it hit me,” he told Tom Wilmes of the Daily Camera, “ I finally understood why my college roommates interrupted all my late night Saturday study sessions to brag about seeing a nice set of hooters. I now share that same passion.”

“Yes, this special collection of Christmas classics recorded by The Owls can be yours for the low, low price of $19.99 (plus shipping and handling). Just call 1-800-555-6957, that’s 1-800-555-OWLS. Our operators are standing by…”

Herb Gilquist displays the owls he found hiding in the Christmas tree he purchased at the Walmart this year. Using various fancy electronic gizmos, Herb was able to coax them out of the tree so he could shoot, stuff and mount them for eventual display on the mantle of his yuletide fireplace as is the Gilquist family tradition.

“Hello, Sparkfun Tech Support? These speakers you sent appear dead! I instrumented them with your Speaker Audio Noise Transfer Adapter test board, and there is no response from the OWL v4.1 output interface. Help!”

In a most unfortunate turn of events, Dave’s hopes of competing in the annual Mechanical Owl Quartet Christmas Music Contest were ruined, due to a burning tree. Investegations are pending on the actions of his rival, Hermie Elf.

this new product post we are offering a new kit, The Owl Synth. this is a great kit to get you started with the Makey Makey, it includes the makey makey starter pack, 4 plastic owls and a bearded Sparkfun employee to offer assistance when you need it.

well, That’s all I’ve got this week. check back in later to see more new products and other posts on the homepage. Thanks for reading.

Hermey and the Three Wise Owls conspire to set Santa right about the lack of ornamentation on the tree this year. Budget cuts be damned, they have petitioned to have their friend known colloquially as “Spare Owl Number Four” hired as Decorator for next year’s tree for which he has submitted a comprehensive proposal which features swooping the tinsel into artful festoons, bravely bucking the current trend for tightly belted bands which tend to cut off circulation to the tree’s branches. Number Four suggests increasing the level of ornamentation from one wee paper thing to a full flock of faux turtle doves and their accompanying detritus, some french hens with pearly feathered head wraps, glittery shawls adorned with copious amounts of glitter and a liberal smattering of loosely interspersed gold rings. Number Four has also vowed to replace the satanic looking swoop currently gracing the summit of this year’s tree with something a bit more angelic. References to be provided on request.

Despite an open and generally loose set of rules at SparkFun, new regulations regarding caroling had to be implemented after the Owl Choir experiment resulted in the activation of NORAD, even amidst their usual shenanigans of tracking Santa.

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